Wayne Carr vs. Joe Strong — Career Comparison

Wayne Carr
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis ABCsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Strong
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Wayne Carr built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Strong as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Wayne Carr posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.12 and WHIP 1.560 compared to 5.81 and 1.709 for Joe Strong. By the career numbers, Wayne Carr had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wayne Carr and Joe Strong

Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
1.48
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
7.86
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.13
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.4
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.59
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.34
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.3
40.3
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.24
76.24
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.7
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.34
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
5.12
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.81
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.12
5.12
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1839
27
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
27
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
613
9
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.1
9
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
726
10.66
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
9.91
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.91
9.91
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.31
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.37
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
3.38
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5.13
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.34
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
3.61
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
7.52
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.52
7.52
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.777
0.777
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.405
1.405
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.68
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.23
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.68
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2437
35.78
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
41.01
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.21
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.39
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
6.11
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.81
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.81
5.81
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.15
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.34
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.48
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.68
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.671
1.671
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2113
31.02
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
34.86
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.329
0.329
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.01
41.01

Fielding Stats for Wayne Carr and Joe Strong

Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.67
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
7.86
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.24
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1661
27
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
27
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
553.2
9
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.1
9
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.31
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.68
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
2.78
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.73
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
3.23
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.42
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
3.09
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.42
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.48
95.48
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.845
1.845
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.435
0.435
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.79
73.79
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wayne Carr and Joe Strong

Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
233.82
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
6900
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
272
600
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
547.06
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.145
0.145
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
79.41
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
63.97
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
13.24
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.21
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
15.44
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.85
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
97.06
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
110.29
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
44.12
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
24.26
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
68.38
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.33
13.95
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.62
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
24.26
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.82
Joe Strong
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
68
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.75
2.75
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
22.06
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.21
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.21
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Carr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Strong
Career
Per 600 PA